Algebras (jabbre and maqabeleh) are geometric facts which are proved by propositions five and six of Book two of Elements.
OMAR KHAYYAMThe Flower that once has blown forever dies.
More Omar Khayyam Quotes
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When I want to understand what is happening today or try to decide what will happen tomorrow, I look back.
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Give me a flagon of red wine, a book of verses, a loaf of bread, and a little idleness. If with such store I might sit by thy dear side in some lonely place, I should deem myself happier than a king in his kingdom.
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The unbeliever knows his Koran best.
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My friend, let’s not think of tomorrow, but let’s enjoy this fleeting moment of life.
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Here’s to the man Who owns the land That bears the grapes That makes the wine That tastes as good As this does.
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Heaven has not learned of my arrival, and my departure will not in the least diminish it beauty and grandeur. I will sleep underground, for us ephemeral mortals, the only eternity is the moment and drinking to the moment is better than weeping for it.
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The rose that once has bloomed forever dies.
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To friends and eke to foes true kindness show; No kindly heart unkindly deeds will do; Harshness will alienate a bosom friend. And kindness reconcile a deadly foe.
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Into this universe, and why not knowing Nor whence, like water willy-nilly flowing; And out of it, as wind along the wate, I know not whither, willy-nilly blowing.
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A loaf of bread, a jug of wine, and thou.
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To-day is thine to spend, but not to-morrow; Counting on morrows breedeth bankrupt sorrow: O squander not this breath that Heaven hath lent thee; Make not too sure another breath to borrow.
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Awake, my Little ones, and fill the Cup Before Life’s Liquor in its Cup be dry.
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The Stars are setting and the Caravan Starts for the Dawn of Nothing-Oh, make haste!
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In monasteries, seminaries, retreats and synagogues, they fear hell and seek paradise. Those who know the mysteries of God never let that seed be planted in their souls.
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I sent my Soul through the Invisible, Some letter of that After-life to spell: And by and by my Soul return’d to me, And answer’d: ‘I Myself am Heav’n and Hell.
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